Re: Range Types - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jeff Davis
Subject Re: Range Types
Date
Msg-id 1297185033.27157.181.camel@jdavis
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In response to Re: Range Types  (Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>)
Responses Re: Range Types  (Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>)
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On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 18:23 +0100, Dimitri Fontaine wrote:
> I would think
> 
>   CREATE TYPE foo AS RANGE (bar) USING (btree_ops);
> 
> The USING clause is optional, because you generally have a default btree
> opclass for the datatype.

There are other options, like "CANONICAL", so where do those fit?

If CREATE TYPE already has an options list, it seems a little strange to
add grammar to support this feature. "USING" doesn't seem to mean a lot,
except that we happen to use it in other contexts to mean "operator
class".

Regards,Jeff Davis



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